London, Nov. 5 : British tennis star Andy Murray believes his recent injury lay-off could help him break his Grand Slam duck.

The world No 4 returned to action at the Valencia Open this week after six weeks out with a left-wrist problem.

Murray plays Leonardo Mayer of Argentina today for a place in the quarter-finals and believes he will benefit from the time off.

"A break can be a good thing. I wasn''t able to hit any backhands, so I hit twice as many forehands. I also tried to take some proper time off, so I''m ready for the Australian Open in January," The Sun quoted him, as saying. (ANI)